The Times
(专辑: Dear Friends, Vol. III - 2011)
These are the
signs of the
times Yeah, lightweight still pull through in the
same While heavy weight heads take two to the
brain You might me see me celebrating, Kool & The
Gang Yeah times done change but I'm still doing my thang When the
beat drops in I'ma ooze at the
stage Come back for an encore and do it again Cause y'all came to see me come But she ain't came yet so I'm do what it takes Condoms break and babies are made You call it a
mistake I'm calling it faith Cause that's the
same way the
music we create Cause goosebumps, new trends, and change the
game I'm a
young dude but I
grew up off the
old school So I
know some shit and I'm no fool But I
also know there's no rules and We all evolve or at least we supposed to We all know that nothing is forever, man So we work hard and pray for better days We all know that nothing is forever, man But if you stay where you are then times will never change (Budo, whattup!) The
music I
make ain't the
music that makes me I
write from the
heart, so my songs, they stay deep And my mind it stays free When I'm live on stage I've got angel wings We been making music since we was in the
game Throwing racks at each other's face Yeah, we still banging on them drums via MPC And mp3's changed the
game These old school cats must feel like Satchel Paige Spend most they prime outside of cyberspace Cue the
music trafficking but nothing like an African Strapped to the
bottom of the
ship you're not a
slave Yeah, time's done change, they'll never be the
same This is a
PSA. Get off the
corner with your mixtape And get off myspace, you need to open your mind And see how quick these time change I
said open your mind And see how quick these time change We all know that nothing is forever, man So we work hard and pray for better days We all know that nothing is forever, man But if you stay where you are then times will never change Times will never change, times will never change Times, times, will never change Times will never change I
grew up within the
crackle of the
vinyl Muddy Waters spun like a
top and it went viral It took me, held me by the
hand and advanced me Showed me what it was to be the
man, a
family, a
student Learning from the
cracks and the
skips Dusty little book shelf giving me the
sniffles Was worth it, TDK on the
dresser Dubbing off the
deck for a
mixtape adventure Was real, rocked a
walkman like a
merit badge Way beyond the
rise of CDs until the
motor crashed After that I
saw the
speed of evolution The
compact disk and the
digital movement The
future, Smokey Robinson, I
kept it cruising Whether it was seen as a
curse or an improvement It lives. Strumming on the
strings like a
kid Still hypnotized by everything the
resonation gives Though a
record always spins like it used to People get the
music off the
internet and youtube I
can't complain, cause even though it ain't the
same It's still available to make that change We all know that nothing is forever, man So we work hard and pray for better days We all know that nothing is forever, man But if you stay where you are then times will never change